When There Is Nothing Left But Love

With that, I walked away and didn’t look back.

He didn’t follow us out; he had no reason to, nor did he have any need to. My attitude had been enough to make him come to his senses and realize that trying to claim custodial rights over Summer was a lost cause. If he dared piss me off, I would go to much further lengths to hide Summer away than just transferring her to another school.

While in the car, I snuck another look out the window at the café while John was busy buckling his seatbelt. “I have a weird gut feeling,” I told him, frowning. “call some of your best men from the company’s IT department over to the house.”

He silently considered the idea for a moment before taking out his phone and swiftly tapping the screen several times. After that, he started up the car engine and drove us home.

Half an hour later, we arrived at the Stovall residence, where a group of five or six nerdy-looking boys wearing glasses and a similar style of checkered shirt were already waiting for us inside.

“Mr. Stovall,” they politely greeted, bowing in John’s direction.

John made a simple sound of acknowledgment, turning to face me. “The nation’s highest-ranking graduates in the IT field this year are all here. Just tell them whatever you need from them. They might seem a little dense, but they’re good at what they do.”

stepping forward and cutting to the chase. “Have you all brought your

called out loudly. His gaze was fixed on the floor, and I could tell he was nervous from how badly

fists nervously, while some were hanging their heads. I gave John a questioning glance, as if to ask, “Are you sure these guys are the

proudly lifting his chin in the

suspicions, but I had no other choice except to trust

personal account to each of your smartphones I

“No problem, Ms. Stovall!”

of the voice to see the boy from earlier staring

holding his stare for a few seconds straight, he suddenly lowered his voice and

me before lining up and heading for the dining table where they had their laptops

of an eye, the room was filled with the furious, rapid

the once stiff boys were now all gazing intently at their screens, eyes slightly squinted as the tips of their